Cooking utensil



July 29 1924'. 1,502,843

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1,502,843 PATENT. OFFICE.

FRANK BERGER, 0F STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN.

COOKING UTENSIL.

Application illed Dotober 8, 1928. Serill No. 667,148.

To all. whom it may' concern.:

Be it' known that I, FRANK BERGER, a citizen of the-United States, residin atStoughton, in the countyof Dane 'and tate of'Wis; consin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cooking Utensils, of which the followingis a specication. vMy invention relates'to rimprovements in cooking utensils, .the present embodiment of the invention relating more 'articularly to that class or type commonly ing pans or skilletsused in various cooking operations, such -as frying,'baking, boiling, and the like. y c

The primary object :of 'my invention is to provide a generally improved utensili of the type or class indicated, which will be ex.

ceedingly simple in construction, cheap of manufacture, and eiicient in use.

A further and very'important object is the provision of animproved cooking pan or receptacle adapted to take up and more evenly or uniformly distribute the the' active heating or Cookin surfaces through the medium of spaced ottomsor sections, together with improved heat transmitting bottom connecting and spacing elements roperly and evenlyv distributed between t e spaced bottom sections.

With the above mentioned Aand other ends in view, the 'invention consistsA in'thenovel construction, arrangement and combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in some'of its embodiments in ,the accompanying drawings, and -particularly pointed out 1n the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a top plan view of al frying pan or spider,construc*ted in accordance with thisinvention.

Fig. 2, a central vertical section of the same..

yview of a modifie Fig. 3, an enlared fragmentary sectional form in whichthe true and false bottoms vare separate and detach- Iablv connected to ther.

Fig. 4, a simila view ofa further modiied form. I- Fig. 5, a similar view of a still further modified form in which the bottom connect ing and spacing elements are separately formed and applied in the specific form of screws.,

Fig. 6, modified a similar `view of astill further form including a further modificaheat at ing four in number and equally s tion of bottom connecting and spacing element.

Similar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout'all the figures ofthe drawings.

y The vessel or receptacle 1, maybe of any suitable and convenient form or type and so likewise the handle 2. In the present instance, the receptacle vis in the specic form of a pan or s ider provided with the Ausual upwardly an outwardly inclinedor Haring rim.

. As a means of more evenly receiving and distributing the heat to the active heating or cooking surfaces of ther rece Vtacle and thus guarding against the food ing prepared against over heating or burning at one olnt and becoming under heated or-underone at'another point, I provide the improved utensil or vessel with spaced bottoms 1 and 1", orwhat are generallyv known as true and false bottoms 1n and 1",I respectively. vThe bottom members or sections 1* and 1" preferably extend parallel with each other, as' shown, conjointly forming an interveningspace 3.

The true and false bottoms 1 and 1", respectively, may be either cast integral as a one-piece utensil or receptacle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, or if desired, said spaced bottom sections may be formed separate and attached. to each other, as shown in Figs, 3 to 6, inclusive, of the drawings.`

As a means of uniformly or equally distributing or transmitting the heat units from the false bottom 1" to the main ortrue bottom 1 and the intervening s ace 3, as well as connecting and spacing t e bottom members or sections 1vand 1", I rovid'e a series or plurality of equally spaced heat transmitting bottom connecting and spacing elements 1, as shown. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the elements 1 are'in the specic'form of round lugs or connecting elements cast integral with the bottoms 1 and .1" and in this instance the false bottom 1" is connected to the `main or truebottom 1* by means of said spacingelements 1 and inte al rim sections or members 1, the latter 1n the present instance beshown most clearly in Fig. 1 of t e drawin the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4 ofthe'` aced, as

drawings the transmitting and spacing elements 1c are formed integral with one or the other of the bottoms 1a and lh and in the form shown in Fig. 3 the false bottom is made separately and extends upwardly as at 1", being provided with suitable screw receiving openings lf, and screws 4, extending into suitable threaded openings 1g in the main or true bottom la.

In the form shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings the heat transmitting and spacing elements 1c extend downwardly from the main orltrue bottom 1a and are provided with screw receiving openings 1h, adapted to `receive screws 4a, extending through suitable openings in the false bottom l".

If desired, the heat transmitting and bottom spacing elements may take the specific form of screw bolts 11, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, and in which instance the threaded elements 11 are screwed into threaded openings llJ in the underside of the main or true bottom la and through threaded openings lk in the false bottom.

Furthermore, if desired, the intervening space 3 may be utilized as a receptacle or chamber for receiving and carrying a filling material 5 of relatively great heat conductivity, as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, and if desired, the connectin and spacing element may take the speci c form of a screw 11 and a spacing sleeve 1m, as shown.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the receptacle is cast in one piece and the intervening space 3 and connecting and spacing elements 1c and 1d are provided by means of a suitable core in the casting operation.

Having thus described some of the embodiments of my invention, without having attempted to set forth all the forms in which it may be made, or all the modes of its use, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-

l. A cooking receptacle including spaced cast bottom sections, one of said bottom sections being provided with raised rim portions extending upwardly against the bottom and connected thereto and having a series of regularly spaced heat transmitting stud elements extending to the underside of the other bottom section.

2. A cast frying pan, including spaced disc-shaped cast bottom sections, one of said bottom sections being provided with raised rim portions abutting against the rim portion of the other and having a series of regularly spaced heat transmitting elements arranged in concentric rows between said bottom sections, and means for connecting said bottom sections to eachother.

In testimony whereof I have axed my signature.

FRANK BERGER. 

